[2] At 178% Montenegro had the second highest mobile cellular phone penetration rate in Europe, behind only Russia, and ranked 9th worldwide.
[11] However, currently their "fiber to the home" offer is only available in half of the Podgorica (the capital city), and in a few small areas on the coast.
Until ordered to cease doing so in March 2011, one of the country’s principal Internet service providers gave police direct access to all forms of communications carried on its servers.
It is unknown whether authorities made use of this access to monitor e-mail or Internet Web sites or chat rooms.
A group of small local media outlets from the northern region of the country established their own self-regulation council.
The government generally respects the prohibitions relating to physical and property searches, but has been less compliant regarding digital privacy.
The NGO Alternativa stated that during 2011, the ANB performed secret surveillance and data collection against 113 persons.